Projects per year
Organisation profile
Organisation profile
The Gender and Development research group is concerned with social change, specifically the social and gendered dimensions of poverty reduction, inequality and social injustice.
We conduct original theoretical work on gender and development epistemologies, covering relational and subjective approaches to well-being, intra-household relations, inter-generational relationships and shifts in subjective notions of well-being, plus examining linkages between gendered social relations, reproductive rights and wellbeing. There are also several overlapping sub-themes, which comprise land, health, education, ageing, governance and corruption. Apart from research, we have been active in engaging with policy, on the one hand, and training and capacity-building.
Recent research has seen very exciting interdisciplinary theoretical and methodological innovation. Anthropologists and economists have developed innovative research in Uganda using experimental games combined with survey and ethnography, to test underlying assumptions of intra-household models and Sen's theory of cooperative conflicts. This has been extended to research on gendered fairness norms using experimental economics and ethnography in four developing countries.
We are also conducting work on land use and rights that methodologically combines historical, ethnographic, participatory and quantitative studies. Other projects on land have similarly used a combination of methodologies. Policy-oriented analyses of gendered vulnerability and exclusion represent another dimension of our work, while we are also recognised for work on gendered vulnerabilities to HIV/AIDS and the gendered impacts of its treatment.
Inter-school networking, such as between DEV and the School of Education and Lifelong Learning (EDU), has further strengthened our expertise in research, policy and capacity building on Gender, Women's Empowerment, and Education. The different aspects of DEV's work on gender and development are also reflected in our recent publications.
Network
Profiles
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Sheila Aikman
- School of International Development - External Research Associate
- Gender and Development - Member
- Literacy and Development Group - Member
Person: Other related - academic, Research Group Member
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Laura Camfield
- School of International Development - Professor of Development Research and Evaluation
- Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research - Member
- Gender and Development - Member
- Impact Evaluation - Member
- Life Course, Migration and Wellbeing - Member
Person: Research Group Member, Academic, Teaching & Research
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Ben D'Exelle
- School of Economics - Professor of Economics
- School of International Development - Professor of Economics
- Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Science - Member
- Behavioural Economics - Member
- Environment, Resources and Conflict - Member
- Gender and Development - Member
- Impact Evaluation - Member
Person: Research Group Member, Academic, Teaching & Research
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Commonwealth Scholarship Commission - Access, Inclusion and Opportunity - Amie Jammeh
Commonwealth Scholarship Commission
1/10/22 → 30/09/25
Project: Research
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Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence programme (GAGE)
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
1/01/22 → 30/11/24
Project: Research
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SeNSS ESRC-Funded Studentship Award
Jarvis, L., Camfield, L. & Ahmed, S.
Economic and Social Research Council
1/10/21 → 31/03/25
Project: Training
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Don’t Look Up! Individual income comparisons and subjective well-being of students in Thailand
Dufhues, T., Möllers, J., Jantsch, A., Buchenrieder, G. & Camfield, L., Feb 2023, In: Journal of Happiness Studies. 24, 2, p. 477–503 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Effort and Social Comparison: Experimental Evidence from Uganda
D'Exelle, B., Habraken, R. & Verschoor, A., 15 Mar 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Economic Development and Cultural Change.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The effect of gender and gender pairing on bargaining: Evidence from an artefactual field experiment
D'Exelle, B., Gutekunst, C. & Riedl, A., Jan 2023, In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 205, p. 237-269 33 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile6 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
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British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship
Jones, Ben (Recipient), 21 Mar 2018
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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SENSS ESRC +3.5 Award.
Jarvis, Lee (Recipient) & Camfield, Laura (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Other distinction
Activities
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External examiner (International Institute of Social Studies (ISS))
Maren Duvendack (Examiner)
4 Jul 2021 → …Activity: Examination
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Development Studies Association (DSA) conference
Maren Duvendack (Speaker)
28 Jun 2021 → 2 Jul 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (Ref PR181204)
Maren Duvendack (Other)
10 Jun 2020 → …Activity: Other activity types › Other
Press/Media
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Critical questioning pays off for your career in the end: Dr Maren Duvendack talks about her experience with Open Science
1/06/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Why Does Replication Encounter Such Resistance in Economics?
3/02/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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